Urban Most Awesome Dad

Chapter 685

?Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Hei Luo Stockade_1 Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Hei Luo Stockade_1 In the Southwest Region of Yundian Province, there is a desolate old forest rarely visited by humans.

Yet hidden deep within it lies a small settlement called Hei Luo Stockade, where no family name other than Hao exists, and the residents still adhere to the clan-based social system.

Due to the influence of its terrain, Hei Luo Stockade has been isolated from the world, naive and wild, seemingly unaffected by the changes of the outside world.

To this day, only traces of early 20th-century civilization are evident; naturally, there is no electricity.

The main livelihood remains farming for men, weaving for women, supplemented with hunting and gathering.

However, at the end of the last century, a young man from the stockade, yearning to see the outside world, snuck out at night against the strong opposition of his kin, and from that point on, there was no further news of him.

A decade passed, and Yan Country saw the rise of a wealthy businessman named Hao Youqian, who even ranked in the top ten of the global rich list for a time, causing quite a stir and becoming universally known.

Yet no one knew his true identity.

In fact, he was the young man who had fled Hei Luo Stockade all those years ago.

As Hao Youqian reached middle age, he longed for his homeland, and having achieved success and fame, naturally, he returned home in glory, bringing with him a large number of modern technological products.

Knowing how prosperous and wonderful the outside world was, and learning of Hao Youqian’s business empire, at least eighty percent of the people in the stockade were willing to follow him and live in the outside world.

The remaining few were mostly the sick, the disabled, and the elderly, who were unwilling to leave the land they had rooted in for a lifetime, preferring to die rather than move.

As time passed, the remaining inhabitants of Hei Luo Stockade became part of the yellow earth, leaving the place abandoned for over a decade.

However, on this day, Hei Luo Stockade received a group of unexpected visitors, adding a peculiar liveliness to the long-silent place.

This group of uninvited guests, numbering over a thousand, all dressed in black robes and wearing various fierce ghost masks, emanated an evil aura, appearing quite sinister.

Without saying, they were the main force of the Black Blade Organization that the people of Long Guhuang were searching for, with more than half of the members being Grandmasters or higher.

Among them, the Sect Hierarch of the Black Blade Organization, the red-robed protector, and the three Patrons, the four Jin Gang, and the Five Elements Envoy, were all here.

Compelled by circumstances, they had made Hei Luo Stockade the temporary base of the Black Blade Organization.

Fearing exposure, they dared not light fires at night; not to mention bonfires, even a single torch was prohibited.

All members moved around relying on their exceptional vision and the faint moonlight.

More than a dozen high-ranking members of the Black Blade Organization were holding a discussion meeting in a relatively spacious courtyard, deliberating on what to do in the future.

The meeting was chaired by none other than the Sect Hierarch of the Black Blade Organization, Ren Tianhei!

Compared to the other attendees, Ren Tianhei was much more eye-catching – the rest were a group of intimidating demons and ghouls, while he was a middle-aged man without a mask, fair-skinned, with golden light swirling in his eyes, and a simple, neat hairstyle.

Of course, he too was clothed in a black robe, adorned with chilling skull patterns.

Ren Tianhei sat quietly in the main seat, exuding an invisible, heavy aura of authority.

His breathing different from ordinary people, seemed to have a special rhythm, resonating in some way with the universe.

This indicated that he was truly in the Dongxu Realm.

Beneath Ren Tianhei were the man in red robes and three Patrons.

The one in red robes was no mediocre fighter, being at the full completion of the Heavenly Venerable realm.

Yet the aura of the three Patrons far exceeded that of the man in red robes, albeit not being of the Dongxu Realm.

If Xu Fan were here, he would have recognized at a glance that these three had failed in their breakthrough to the Dongxu Realm.

Therefore, they were pseudo-Dongxu practitioners, their strength half a step into the Dongxu Realm, naturally much stronger than one fully completed in the Heavenly Venerable realm.

The man in red robes was like a venomous snake in the night, always glowing with a red shimmer, exuding an extremely eerie aura wherever he was.

The three Patrons were all elderly individuals, whose life’s goal was to cultivate in seclusion, accumulate strength, and make another attempt at reaching Dongxuan, so they did not involve themselves in the organization’s affairs unless faced with extremely important matters.

As for the other meeting participants, some were veteran officers, while others were newly promoted, all at the Heavenly Venerable level of cultivation.

After the Qiankun Twin Swords were killed, two positions among the Four Jin Gang were vacated, soon to be filled by others, so no gaps appeared in the organization’s roster.

It’s worth noting that the original Qiankun Twin Swords, as two among the Four Jin Gang, only possessed the strength at the full completion of the Venerable realm.

Yet within a short time, not only did the new Four Jin Gang’s strength jump a major realm, but the power of other cult members also saw a substantial increase.

The reason for this was unknown.

Frankly observing the Black Blade Organization’s overall strength, it was no exaggeration to say that it was truly exaggerated.

Whether facing any force from the Ancient Martial World or the Flame Dragon Organization, they overwhelmingly dominated the opposition.

Moreover, they each possessed the technique of Evil Spirit Possession, which significantly augmented their combat power—one could often take on two or three opponents single-handedly.

This was a major concern for both the Flame Dragon and the Ancient Martial World, prompting their alliance against the Black Blade Organization, giving them some upper hand.

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However, despite the significant increase in the Black Blade Organization’s strength, the mood among the high-ranking members was extremely low, and at times, they felt suppressed and hopeless, either sighing incessantly or looking bleak.

The man in red robes, being responsible for internal affairs, had no choice but to speak first.

Gazing at the Sect Hierarch, he said with a grating voice akin to a cat scratching a wall, “Sect Hierarch, Huang Robe took more than two hundred overseas experts to capture those young ones and failed.

The Ancient Martial World is probably fuming with rage, wishing to kill us all.

With the Flame Dragon Organization spearheading the charge, they will surely pursue us relentlessly and leave us with nothing.

Please instruct us, Sect Hierarch, on how the Black Blade Organization should proceed to find a way out.”
At these words, those in attendance stirred, filled with unease.

But Ren Tianhei sat as unmoved as Tai Shan, his countenance calm.

He scanned the crowd and declared loud and clear, “What’s there to wildly speculate?

As long as I am here, there is nothing to panic about.”
With that statement, the crowd settled somewhat, strangely comforted.

“Though this operation was a complete failure, it has not caused a significant loss to our cult.

We sacrificed only Huang Robe, and our overall power remains intact.

Moreover, these days everyone has formed a blood pact with Evil Spirits, greatly enhancing our prowess.

So, there is even less cause for fear.”
“The people from the Ancient Martial World are merely a disorganized mob.